Ant colonies usually start small.  Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Predator and prey: Myrmecia pyriformis with a european hornet.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis
Myrmecia forficata

Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small.  Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Myrmecia pyriformis, brown bull ant queen.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Few ants are able to make a European wasp look as small as does this enormous Myrmecia pyriformis bull ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Predator and prey: Myrmecia pyriformis with a european hornet.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Few ants are able to make a European wasp look as small as does this enormous Myrmecia pyriformis bull ant.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small.  Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
Ant colonies usually start small. Here a young bull ant queen (Myrmecia pyriformis) tends to a larva in her incipient nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
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